Sentence examples for punctuality target from inspiring English sources

Railway operator Network Rail has narrowly missed its own punctuality target as more than one in 10 trains arrived late.

National Rail, which is in charge of rail infrastructure, has been set a minimum punctuality target for the first time.

In its half-yearly report on Network Rail's performance – which is influenced heavily by Scottish government investment plans – the ORR disclosed that the network has already missed its average punctuality target by 2.5%, forcing it to cut its year-end regulatory goal from 92% to 91% to make it more achievable.

Last winter, passengers affected by delays were not entitled to a payout as Southeastern had exceeded its annual punctuality target by 0.04%.

Targets and spending announced on Thursday included: A 90% punctuality target for all regional, London, south-east England and Scottish services.

Failure to hit their punctuality target, of 92% of trains arriving on time, meant the top executives at the company that runs the UK's rail infrastructure could not be awarded the maximum 60% of their annual pay.

It also emerged today that BAA could be forced to adopt much-improved punctuality targets if expansion goes ahead.

Network Rail will have to cut more than £2bn from its spending plans over the next five years and meet tougher punctuality targets, the rail regulator has announced.

Network Rail said that the huge growth in passenger numbers was one of the reasons it was not hitting its punctuality targets.

They are annoyed by reports – including mine – that engineering overruns have caused Network Rail to miss train punctuality targets, when they account for less than 1 per cent of delays.

Time is money in the oil industry, and these helicopters must meet commercial airline-style availability and punctuality targets to avoid contract penalties from clients.